From a Government of Saskatchewan press release that quotes Premier Lorne Calvert.
“I am very pleased that former vice-president Gore is coming to Saskatchewan the day after Earth Day,”
(In a nod to famed prairie populist Tommy Douglas, April 23rd is also known as the “day after Lenin’s birthday“).
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And all this time we thought it was a scientific issue!
Big Al’s fee is a cool $125K US. The major sponsor? SaskTel. Costs for the venue and advertising will bring the total to around $200K – a “break even” prospect only if all tickets sell.
Which makes the announcement by the premier a little odd – as a crown, the day-to-day operations of SaskTel are supposedly out of scope of politicians.
Of course, it helps if another member of the Saskatchewan Family Of Crown Corporations helps prop up ticket sales;
SaskEnergy is sponsoring 250 tickets enabling Saskatchewan high school and university students to attend as part of their ongoing commitment to supporting environmental education. Teachers interested in sending a team from their school can find registration information online at SaskEnergy’s web site at http://www.saskenergy.com/. All participating student teams will receive a complimentary DVD copy of “An Inconvenient Truth” so they can organize an educational event in their school or community.
That had to hurt. SaskPower is the nation’s number three C02 emitter.
This won’t be Gore’s first Canadian appearance. At Concordia…
The former U.S. vice-president’s speech was effectively his Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth with updated statistics, and presented by an angrier, fist-shaking Gore.
His presentation was halted at least twice as opponents to his agenda began to shout out.
They called him a liar and a villain, and screamed, “What about your swimming pools?” in regards to recent allegations that the monthly electricity bill of Gore’s estate rivalled a year’s bill for the average American home.
But, none of that interests me a whole lot.
What really interests me is knowing whether Mr. Gore is flying into Regina on the pride of the Air Canada Jazz fleet.
Because when it comes to carbon footprints – size matters!
So here’s the deal: I have $50 for the best original, unretouched photo of Al Gore’s plane at Regina airport.
$25 if you can catch him near a limo.
Travellers Advisory: Environment Canada has issued a travel advisory, as the well documented Gore Effect has the potential to push unseasonably cold temperatures the province is currently experiencing to dangeorus lows.
Motorists planning to travel to the event are urged to have an emergency survival kit on board.
Albatros39. Maybe we are warming the planet. Even if we are, running around and scaring the s**t out of kids, with exaggerated claims (20′ rise in sea level-Gore), aren’t going to solve a thing.
We can stop using carbon fuels if we are willing to commit to a program like NASA used to put two men on moon. You must put your best minds and effort into this.
We cannot and will not if we are harpooned by the UN bureaucratic fantasy of Kyoto. The First World are the only ones who will develop this new technology.
The Third World wants the cheapest and most effective power (and more “power” to them). They will get power through coal and oil, until something better comes along.
Carbon taxes, offsets, credits are totally unnecessary if we develop new clean energy technology and share it with developing world. That way we can avoid environmental catastrophe in China and Asia, something which Kyoto will do nothing to prevent. And guess what, we reduce CO2 too!!! The human portion, that is.
We have the macro technology now; yes, it is nuclear and the enviro movement will have to accept this. They should know that it is safe, clean, plus waste is not issue it once was (in fact Candu reactor uses spent fuel rods).
Then, we have to develop the micro technology to replace oil and coal. We don’t know what it is yet; on the other hand, the scientists at NASA had no idea how to put a man on the moon in 1963.
Leaving thus stuff in the hands of wackos like Gore and the Strong bureaukleptocracy in the UN is environmental and economic suicide.
Kyoto is not the way.
Credible ?? Gore says sea will rise 26 feet. Even the wakos at the UN only claim one foot in the next 100 years. That’s credibility ??
Suzuki says Cuban farmers have it all over Canadian farmers. That’s credibilty ??
In Montreal Suzuki said the world may end in 10 years. That’s credibility ??
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Tim Ball studied the hundreds of years worth of The Hudson Bay Company’s climate records. THAT is KNOWLEDGE AND CREDIBILITY.
Patrick Moore helped in lifting the stupid DDT ban. A ban that allowed Malaria to kill millions. THAT is CREDIBILITY.
Bjorn Lomborg calls for more money to be spent on safe drinking water projects and better health care for the Third World. Less on fighting a phantom like AGW with it’s scamy carbon credits scheme. Now THAT is credibility.
Just thought of a new catagory of troll for Albie and Saskboy….
I present… the attack troll (trollus idiotus attackus) generally presents a gratuitous personal attack, preferring to slam the author(s) of the opinion as a way to carry an argument. This tactic, of course, exposes the weakness of the attack troll’s position
Gore is not an expert on “Global Warming” or “Climate Change” last time I checked he was a politician not scientist.
If he really cared about his cause you would think he would waive the appearance fees. There really is no difference between Al Gore, Benny Hinn, or so many other charlatan preachers.
There is no way this will break even. Even though it will have the appearance of being sold out. The NDP will call on the crowns, the unions and whichever other group to make sure that this event will sell out.
Maybe this gross use of taxpayer dollars will get Murdoch Carriere out of the news.
Justthinkin said:
“HUH????? Never heard of weather patterns and how it gets distributed all over the globe?”
Ok are you ready? Try and keep up.
In simplistic terms, the earth’s atmospheric circulation causes dry air to descend from the upper atmosphere at the mid latitudes causing a high-pressure region around the globe commonly known as the horse latitudes. This is the weather pattern that causes the dry region around the planet at the mid latitudes and creates the Mojave Sahara and Arabian deserts. In Eastern North America during the summer, this dry descending air picks up moisture off the Gulf of Mexico and pushes it north into Manitoba and Ontario. This is the cause of the hot humid air the Eastern Canada suffers from in the summer. The western prairies usually isn’t in the line of weather from the gulf, but receives its weather from both dry continental air from Mexico and less dry air from the west off of the pacific.
As the global temperature rises, the global circulation will intensify thereby increasing the high-pressure areas at Horse Latitudes. This higher pressure will push more moist air into eastern Canada, but will also push the dry continental air that sits to the west of the “dry line” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_line up from Mexico into Saskatchewan and Alberta. The end effect will be severely reduced rainfall in the western prairies. When we consider the glaciers that supply water for the west today will be gone, one has to wonder where Alberta and Saskatchewan will get their water without rainfall?
With increased warm moist air being pushed north, the area known as Tornado Alley in the US will be dragged north into Manitoba and Ontario.
It seems few people in Canada is going to get off easy. Maybe some in BC that aren’t near the rising water.
And that is why the economies of Alberta and Saskatchewan will be ruined went they are turned into a dust bowl.
Interesting.
Alby sticks out his/her lip and claims that Lomborg and Ball have no credibility as scientists.
Lomborg is a Ph.D in poli sci, and then was head of the Danish Environmental Assessment Institute.
Ball is a Ph.D in climatology, taught climatology and studied historical climatology extensively.
David Suzuki is a Ph.D in genetics. He was also on the CBC for a long time, making videos that I was forced to watch when my science teachers got too tired to bother.
Al Gore has a bachelors of arts degree, took religious studies, and got a law degree.
Yet somehow, Alby claims that Suzuki and Gore have more credibility as scientists than the previous two! Could it be that’s simply because the latter two agree with Alby’s point of view? Naw.
“Tim Ball studied the hundreds of years worth of The Hudson Bay Company’s climate records. THAT is KNOWLEDGE AND CREDIBILITY.”
The only thing written by Ball on Hudson’s Bay is a book he co-authored by the name “Eighteenth-century naturalists of Hudson Bay” that has no connection to climate.
ISBN: 0773522859
There are no other references to Tim Ball in any recognised scientific journal. He has not published anything regarding climate. In short, he’s a quack.
When comparing computers and the ‘peer-reviewer process’, there are simiLIAR traits, if the reviewer is from the wako crowd.
Junk in > [computer] > Junk out.
Junk in > [wako-peer-reviewer] > Junk out.
What if Gore is half right.
And more than half wrong…
What if, in 10 or 15 years, things really begin to heat up and dry…a lot. Because not enough was done now.
Not enough of what done? Productivity and development restricted???
And half of what Gore and Suzuki and all says comes to pass.
Your giving way too much credit to broken clocks…
What are you guys going to say then? What will your kids say?
Leftist are idiots. Vote Conservative. Put on a jacket, it’s cold out…
“Leftist are idiots.”
Yes! In fact, let’s shoot em all
I’m serious
Al Gore’s son is fat:
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/black-sheep/al-gore-iii/
…You are basing your entire argument on a TV show? As a earth science major I am learning the fact…a quote from Alby.
I, for one, think you should continue your studies — and open your mind while you’re at it. As for the comment regarding the Great Global Warming Swindle, well why not? You seem to base all of your statements on that most famous of scientists, Al Gore and his work.
Next, I think you need to READ the IPCC/UN report and some of the ‘scientific fact’ contained within. While you’re at that, also dig up some of the work from the contributors to that report…so much of it is politically based, non-scientific drivel.
One last thing; I studied Geology in University and even worked for the dreaded Big Oil here in the States; I’ve since come to my senses. But since you’re an ‘Earth Science’ (whatever that is) major, I’d suggest you do a little more reading in the field of Geology and its related subjects…you may find it enlightening.
C’mon Billygoat. You can’t attack the reputation of IPCC “scientists” because they are really nice and trying to save the planet. Anyone against them is a bad person, just like Steve Harper, that big fat meanie. It’s the neoconservatives’ fault.
Once more, all together:
We have no idea how much (if at all) any change will happen and anyone who says they know for sure is lying, or at the very least misinformed. About sea levels. About global temperatures. About the future location of the dryline. About tornado alley.
I won’t go into it because it’s a long and boring explanation, and I’ve put this forward before. Essentially the computer models on which the climate forecasts are based are flawed, by necessity. Garbage in, garbage out, assumptions, approximations, the inability to explicitly solve the equations and the artificial dampening of wave effects all contribute to us not being able to say for sure what’s going on.
Maybe it’s warming this much or that much. Maybe it’s less, and maybe it’s more. Maybe we humans are causing it, and maybe we’re not. The point is, it’s uncertain.
(Sorry to post this again, Kate, but I want the world to know that climate models are imperfect and thus any pronouncements about their results are imperfect, despite what the alarmists say.)
All I **DO** know is that paying billions of $ to 3rd world countries so they can pollute instead of us is the height of insanity–it’s guilt money, quite frankly.
Shamrock,
Oh no, you’re not going to get away with (It’s the neoconservatives’ fault.) that; everyone knows it’s all George Bush’s fault! 😉
just a thought.
If Al Gore dies of a coronary how will we dispose of the body? cremation will cause a measurable spike in CO2 emmissions,can we seal him in a box ?or can we trade him for Moe Strongs carbon footprint in a steel cage.
…finally global warming has arrived in Calgary!
It warmed up one degree today!
“You are basing your entire argument on a TV show? As a earth science major I am learning the fact.” – IQ39
Only in the land of the moonbats is prediction synonomous with fact.
The Weather Network has the latest equipment in weather prediction, even more accurate than Environment Canada, yet they can’t predict the weather 10 days out, let alone 50 years.
Earth science major. Soft science for the soft brained.
the weather network cant even get the next 5 days right around here in vancouver. but someone with an IQ of 39 can predict 10 or 15 years. HAHAHA
I thinik I will repeat something every moonbat should have to say over and over and over…
ITS THE SUN, STUPID!!!
Albatross,
Just when is this dust bowl for Saskatchewan and Alberta bowl going to start? I thought globule warning was well under way?
Or maybe your referring to the on in the 1890’s, or the 30’s or the late 60’s or the mid 80’s or the late 90’s.
Funny thing is the there is a huge area of Saskatchewan is that is so wet many farmers are faced with not being able to seed all of their crops for the second year in row.
On top of this it’s so cold that melting has been delayed by weeks setting things back even further.
Like all the other religions that claimed the world was coming to an end and didn’t the deadline for the apocalypse is thrown further into the future again and again and again like it has for over 2000 years.
Whoops we made a mistake in our calculations its now 10 years from now when blah blah blah……..
I have work in research and development in various fields for 30 years so seeing trough false logic and baseless assumptions have become easy.
The first pattern of those who have based their argument on falsehoods is to fear monger that catastrophe is just around the corner.
The second key pattern is they react with righteous anger at those that question the science.
The third most telling pattern is that there is always enormous egos with the Jesus syndrome with righteous disciples standing in the way of the truth. How dare you challenge me, don’t you know who I am! In this case: I am the savior of the planet!!
Which side of the argument has the most characters claiming to be the world’s savior and guess which side has the most righteous disciples??(Albatross: I’m just trying to ensure my children have a future on this planet.)
“Albatross,
Just when is this dust bowl for Saskatchewan and Alberta bowl going to start? I thought globule warning was well under way?”
It is well under way; take a drive up to the nearest glacier and see for ourself. Enjoy the rain while it lasts.
http://geology.com/news/labels/Global-Warming.html
Albatross is tyical of a Globule warning fear mongerer. Their argument is based of falsehood and when pressed cannot answer the question directly.
These are Abatross’s words “And that is why the economies of Alberta and Saskatchewan will be ruined went they are turned into a dust bowl”.
So where is the dust bowl? Why is it wetter in central Saskatchan than it has been in a generation and colder than it has been in 20 years?
The fear mongerers scour the earth to find examples of temperature anomalies. Even though these anomalies have occured for billions of years and they claim they are something new and dangerous.
What a tragic and absolute waste of their time on this planet. It is about as productive as screaming that water is wet and that we should stop all economies until we solved the problem of wet water.